Pharmacotherapy Services
The 21-member Pharmacotherapy Team employs highly-skilled Clinical Pharmacists
who have completed a postgraduate Pharm.D. Degree with a pharmacotherapy
specialty residency; a 6-year Pharm.D. Degree with 2 years of pharmacy
residency training; or extensive equivalent experience.
Clinical Pharmacists specialize in all of the following settings: Critical
Care, Surgery & Nutrition, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine,
Infectious Diseases, Cardiology, Psychiatry, Geriatrics, Long-Term Care,
Wound Care, Ambulatory Care, and Drug Information.
The department has four ASHP-accredited pharmacy residency programs. Three
are specialty residency programs in Critical Care Pharmacotherapy, Geriatric
Pharmacotherapy, and Internal Medicine. The Pharmacotherapy team is highly
respected as an elite healthcare team.
Summary of Annual Pharmacotherapy Services Highlights
Clinical Pharmacy Service
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Annual Highlights
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Pharmacotherapy Services
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Clinical Pharmacists perform > 30,000 pharmacotherapy interventions
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Pharmacotherapy interventions lead to > $6 million in costs savings
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Restricted Antibiotic Consult Service
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Adverse Drug Events Consult Service
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Pharmacokinetic Consult Service
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Clinical Pharmacology Consult Service
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Ambulatory Care Services
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Ventilator Weaning Service
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Clinical Pharmacist’s & Pharmacy Resident's Prescribing Privileges
In the acute care facility, the Clinical Pharmacist may adjust parenteral
medication orders in the
Pharmacy Application based on patient’s renal and hepatic function, concomitant medications,
and overall condition. In the long-term care facility, the Clinical Pharmacist
may take medication orders from the prescriber and enter the order in the
Pharmacy Application. Nursing will then execute the order. With a prescriber’s oral approval,
Clinical Pharmacists may dose any drug and directly enter the medication
order in the CPOE system. Unless a physician opts-out, Clinical Pharmacists
can initiate an antimicrobial IV-to-PO conversion, and write such medication
orders. Clinical Pharmacist privileges at KJMC have extended the Pharmacist’s
scope of practice to allow for best practice and best care.